DIY Installation Advice

Mounting Trellis Hubs

The tensioned cable trellis system is suitable for flat mounting onto either wooden posts or masonry wall surfaces using the mounting screws supplied.

Note : when mounting onto masonry surfaces please drill a hole and insert a plastic wall plug before fastening. If a wall is particularly brittle or old - a chemical resin may be applied to further strengthen the hold.

DIY Installation Instructions

1. Getting Started

It is a good idea to layout your design onto the relevant surface with a pen or chalk prior to drilling any holes, taking factors such as brick spacing into consideration.

2. Drill Pilot Holes

The dual thread pin allows direct installation into hardwood timber (such as oak) or if combined with the correct plastic anchor it is attachable to almost any masonry surface. (we recommend a 1/8" or 5/32" drill piece for direct installation or a 5/16" or 3/8" if inserting a plastic anchor).

3. Insert Screw Fixing

Screw in the dual thread pins in to place using a hex head key.

4. Attach Hubs

Screw the surface mounting hubs onto the dual thread pins. Perfect alignment of the cross hole can be achieved by simply turning the adjustable base plate of your hub in or out, to ensure a secure and rigid fixing.

5. Attach Fixed Cable End

Thread your cable through the first hub, so that the fixed cable end can be secured - using a stainless steel nut (supplied). Remember to leave only a small amount of thread, so that as you tension the cable, more thread will be revealed to provide thread for the dome end nut.

6. Measure Your Cable

Place the DIY stud end in place through the other hub. Now simply tension the cable by pulling and align to the spanner flat of the DIY compression fitting. Mark your cable ready for cutting with either a pen or chalk.

7. Cut Your Cable

Cut your cable to required length. We recommend using a set of good Hand Held Cable Cutters to give you a neat and tidy cut.

8. DIY Compression Threaded End Stud

You are now ready to attach the DIY threaded end stud.

The first step is to take apart the threaded end stud by unscrewing the nose piece.

9. Thread Nose Piece onto Cable

Place the threaded nose piece over the stainless steel cable.

10. Thread Cone onto Cable

Place the cone onto the cable and push into the threaded nose piece.

11. Place Threaded End Stud onto Cable

Take the stainless steel end stud and push onto the cable, bringing the three component parts together. Turn in opposite directions to thread them together.

12. Secure DIY End Fitting

Using 8 mm and 9 mm wrenches (metric), screw the two sections together until tight.

13. Position DIY End Fitting

Insert threaded end through the fixing hole of the hub.

14. Secure End Stud In Place

Attach the stainless steel nut and dome nut, Using a wrench tighten the nuts against each other to create a secure rigid fix.

15. Applying Tension

Now return to the pre-fixed cable end, using a 9 mm wrench (metric) simply tighten the stainless steel nut to achieve the desired cable tension.

16. Finish Your Assembly With The Dome Nut

When you are happy with the cable tension, thread the dome nut on and tighten the nuts against each other.